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STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF THE 



CHAPTER III. 



STABROEK ITS CONFIGURATION POPULATION MAN- 

 NERS AMUSEMENTS CLASSES OF INHABITANTS PUB- 

 LIC PLACES, BUILDINGS, OFFICES POLICE MONIES OF 



EXCHANGE MILITARY REGULATIONS. 



StABROEK, the political metropolis, and principal seat of 

 exchange for produce, of all the countries adjacent to the 

 Demerary and Esscquebo, is situated on the east side of the 

 river Demerary. Its site is low and level. It has an oblong 

 form, being about one-fourth of a mile broad and one mile 

 long. The principal streets are quite strait, with carriage 

 roads. The middle street, leading from the King's stelling, is 

 paved with bricks, and has lamps on each side : another pub- 

 lic stelling, or wharf (besides several that are private) is kept 

 purposely in order for landing and shipping goods. A navi- 

 gable canal on each side of the town, which fills and empties 

 with the tide, affords the same convenience to those houses 

 which are not situated near the water-side. The population in 

 Stabroek consists of about fifteen hundred whites, two thousand 

 free people of color, and five thousand negroes. 



